Wed, April 10 – 10 Stories of The Day!
10 Apr, 2019 | 06:25h | UTC
News Release: How can therapy for heart attack patients help cancer survivors? (free)
Top Things to Know: Cardio-Oncology Rehabilitation to Manage Cardiovascular Outcomes in Cancer Patients and Survivors (free)
Commentaries: Exercise-focused Rehabilitation for Cancer Survivors: Creating a CORE Component of Oncology Care – American Heart Association (free) AND Cardio-oncology rehab programs proposed for CVD risk reduction – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Related: AHA Scientific Statement on Cardio-Oncology: Vascular and Metabolic Perspectives (several guidelines on the subject)
2 – Association of HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis With Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Individuals at High Risk of HIV Infection – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Addressing the Sexually Transmitted Infection and HIV Syndemic (free)
Commentary: Dramatic Rise in STIs With PrEP Among Gay, Bisexual Men – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Related Study: Incidence of sexually transmitted infections before and after preexposure prophylaxis for HIV (free)
3 – Non‐invasive positive pressure ventilation (CPAP or bilevel NPPV) for cardiogenic pulmonary oedema – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: A breathing intervention for shortness of breath due to heart failure – Cochrane Library (free)
Related Guidelines: Management of Immune-Related Adverse Events in Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline (free) AND Managing toxicities associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: consensus recommendations from the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Toxicity Management Working Group (free)
Related Reviews: New drugs, new toxicities: severe side effects of modern targeted and immunotherapy of cancer and their management – Critical Care (free) AND Severe toxicity from checkpoint protein inhibitors: What intensive care physicians need to know? – Annals of Intensive Care (free)
Related: Optimal Perioperative Management of the Geriatric Patient: A Best Practices Guideline from the American College of Surgeons NSQIP and the American Geriatrics Society (free) AND Peri‐operative optimisation of elderly and frail patients: a narrative review – Anaesthesia (free) AND Surgical Guidelines for Perioperative Management of Older Adults: What Geriatricians Need to Know – Journal of The American Geriatrics Society (free) AND Peri-operative care of the elderly 2014: Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (free)
6 – Ann Robinson’s research reviews, 9 April 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
7 – What Are Polygenic Scores and Why Are They Important? – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related: How Scientists are Learning to Predict Your Future with Your Genes (free)
“Before polygenic scores can be translated into clinical practice they will need to be extensively validated in clinical and population-based cohorts for their ability to predict meaningful outcomes that can be modified with intervention.”
8 – France Is First to Ban Breast Implants Linked to Rare Cancer – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related: FDA Report: 660 Cases of Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (report and commentaries on the subject)
9 – Unusual Effects of Common Antibiotics – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)
10 – Association Among Dietary Supplement Use, Nutrient Intake, and Mortality Among U.S. Adults: A Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Nutrients from food, not supplements, linked to lower risks of death, cancer – Tufts University (free) AND Taking Vitamins Doesn’t Seem to Lower Mortality Risk – NEJM Journal Watch (free) AND Elevated cancer risk linked to excessive calcium intake, study says – UPI (free) AND Expert reaction to nutrient intake, dietary supplement use and mortality in the US – Science Media Centre (free)
Related: The Multivitamin Industry Rakes in Billions of Dollars. But Science Says We’re Not Getting Healthier (free commentary)